02854nam 2200673Ia 450 991082020270332120240313073057.01-4696-0786-71-4696-0785-9(CKB)2670000000278230(EBL)1068841(OCoLC)818846388(SSID)ssj0000798627(PQKBManifestationID)11429287(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798627(PQKBWorkID)10743719(PQKB)10504903(StDuBDS)EDZ0000243932(MdBmJHUP)muse23329(Au-PeEL)EBL1068841(CaPaEBR)ebr10621329(CaONFJC)MIL932035(UtSlPG)40760(MiAaPQ)EBC1068841(EXLCZ)99267000000027823020121203d2012 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrFifty years in chains or, The life of an American slave /by Charles Ball1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20121 online resource (239 p.)"DocSouth books edition"1-4696-0784-0 About This Edition; Summary; PREFACE.; FIFTY YEARS IN CHAINS; or, THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN SLAVE.; CHAPTER I.; SEPARATED FROM MY MOTHER.; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III.; CHAPTER IV.; CHAPTER V.; CHAPTER VI.; CHAPTER VII.; CHAPTER VIII.; CHAPTER IX.; CHAPTER X.; CHAPTER XI.; CHAPTER XII.; CHAPTER XIII.; CHAPTER XIV.; CHAPTER XV.; CHAPTER XVI.; CHAPTER XVII.; CHAPTER XVIII.; CHAPTER XIX.; CHAPTER XX.Fifty Years in Chains: Or, the Life of an American Slave (1859) was an abridged and unauthorized reprint of the earlier Slavery in the United States (1836). In the narratives, Ball describes his experiences as a slave, including the uncertainty of slave life and the ways in which the slaves are forced to suffer inhumane conditions. He recounts the qualities of his various masters and the ways in which his fortune depended on their temperament. As slave narrative scholar William L. Andrews has noted, Ball's oft-repeated narrative directly influenced the manner and matter of laterSlaveryMarylandSlaverySouth CarolinaSlaveryGeorgiaSlaverySlaverySlavery305.5305.5/67305.5/67/092305.567092306.362092Ball Charlesb. 1781?1603792University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Documenting the American South (Project)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820202703321Fifty years in chains3928333UNINA